Climate change-related vulnerabilities and local environmental public health tracking through GEMSS: A web-based visualization tool

Applied Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-44

  Houghton, Adele ^a,d   Prudent, Natasha ^b   Scott, James E ^c   Wade, Richard ^c   Luber, George ^b  

^a Biositu LLC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Texas Natural Resource Commission   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate action policy; Climate change; Decision support tool; Health tracking; Visualization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRACKING; VISUALIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 82255179551     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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